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Fiction General

A Touch of Poison

by (author) Aaron Kite

Publisher
Five Rivers Publishing
Initial publish date
Aug 2014
Category
General, Epic, Coming of Age
Recommended Age
16 to 18
Recommended Grade
11 to 12
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781927400609
    Publish Date
    Aug 2014
    List Price
    $4.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781927400593
    Publish Date
    Aug 2014
    List Price
    $21.99

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Description

Gwenwyn is the most miserable princess ever, and for good reason. Merely brushing up against her or touching her exposed skin is enough to cause painful burns, or worse. And if that wasn’t enough, she’s just discovered the singular reason for her existence - to act as the king’s secret assassin, murdering neighboring princes with nothing more than a simple kiss.

About the author

Aaron Kite is a writer/artist who likes putting slashes between occupations and who very rarely refers to himself in the third person. He was born on the exact same day that São Paulo Metro was inaugurated in Brazil, which the authorities claim is pure coincidence. He has been interviewed by Science Magazine, the Calgary Herald, National Geographic, and this shady fellow named ‘Jimmy’ who kept pointedly asking him about his success as a writer with questions like “Got any spare change?” and “C’mon, really, do ya? I gotta catch a bus.” Aaron was one of the founding members of the amateur writing group Starting Write Now, as well as countless side-projects which he’d mention by name if the government would finally get around to granting him immunity. He lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, which really aught to have another sub-section to it, because another comma there would look really slick. He can be reached at Aaron@kiteanic.com, and doesn’t currently subscribe to anything Twitterlike or any stuff like that. At present he has two finished novels – Two Cats, and the sequel Jade Mouse. He’s currently in the middle of writing the third book, Ten Arrows, as well as about eleven or so other books that are all in varying states of doneness. When writing, he likes to disable his spell-checker and make up words, as is illustrated by the use of doneness above.

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